MSc projects

MSc students make up an important part of the interdisciplinary research environment at the K.G. Jebsen Centre for Deep Sea Research. Our MSc projects cover a wide range of themes within geology and biology.

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19 MSc students are currently affiliated with the centre. Read more about their projects by clicking the links below.

Our MSc projects

Distribution of thermochemical output and associated ecosystems at the Loki's Castle hydrothermal field

MSc project of Rasmus Rikter-Svendsen

Geochemistry of novel vent fluids from the newly discovered 72.7°N ("NPD/Hel") hydrothermal system on the Arctic mid ocean ridge

MSc project of Chanakan Boonnawa

Using stable Cu isotopes to trace contamination from historical mining sites in Norway

MSc project of Ingvild Aarrestad

S-type granites related to accretion of Ordovician island arc complexes on Bømlo

MSc project of Matz Sagebakken Slotnes

Mineralization in the transition between sheeted dykes and pillow lava in Stavfjord Ophiolite Complex

MSc project of Amalie Skreden Erga

Geochemistry of gold-bearing quartz veins at Lykling, Bømlo

MSc project of Frida Riple Forsberg

Biogeochemical processes in fjord sediments from Førdefjorden and Dalsfjorden

MSc project of Øystein Brandsæter Asserson

Granite formation related to island arc and ophiolite complexes on Bømlo

MSc project of Simen Saltvedt

Identification of microplastics in marine samples

MSc project of Desirée Maloney

Quantifying Earth system interactions in the Mid-Pleistocene Transition

MSc-project of Maria Salem

Geochemical characteristics of sulfide mineralization at Stord and Bømlo, Norway

MSc project of Trond Fjellet

Metagenomics-based discovery of novel carbohydrate degrading enzymes from deep-sea hydrothermal in situ enrichments; expression, purification and characterization

MSc project of Sondre Olai Spjeld

Deciphering the metamorphic framework of ophiolite alteration and devolatilization at Linnajarvi, N-Norway

MSc project of Halfdan Arstein

Mineralization in hydrothermal systems mapped in the Solund-Stavfjord Ophiolite Complex - Geochemical characterization in shear zones related to the oceanic stage

MSc project of Sunniva Alsaker

Geochemistry of sulfide mineralization from the Fåvne vent field, the Arctic Mid Ocean Ridges

MSc project of Marie Wold

Bottom structures in the Aurlandsfjord/Flåm: Active or inactive leakage structures (pockmarks) - formation, age and (bio)geochemical processes

MSc project of Amalie Mathiassen

Stability of nickel in olivine sand covering contaminated seabed, Kirkebukten test area, Puddefjorden

MSc project of Tonje Kilhavn

Detecting microbial sulfate reduction coupled to anaerobic methane oxidation in hydrothermal sediments with stable isotopes (S, Fe) and trace elements

MSc project of Karen Moltubakk

Investigating multiple sulfur isotope variations in active hydrothermal chimneys and fluids from the Arctic Mid Ocean Ridge

MSc project of Lotte Johannessen

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